This Book Made Me Do It

Knowledge comes in all shapes and sizes, and This Book Made Me Do It celebrates it in all its vastness and variety.

This Book Made Me Do It gives step-by-step instructions on everything from hacking their gadgets and toys to making clouds in bottles and creating music from the most surprising of everyday objects. There is something here for the hobbyist, the amateur, or just the fantastically curious. The reader will learn not only how to make a barometer, but why barometers matter, and how to use them to forecast weather.

This lively and engaging book—through its clarity, levity, and well-researched information—will keep readers of all ages busy learning, making, creating, hacking, thinking, and doing for a very long time.